Video game development is rarely about one man, but if it was, then Terence Groening should certainly get a mention for his contributions to the genre as the man responsible for the physics of Sportscar GT, EA’s PC F1 and NASCAR games of the early 2000’s, rFactor, rFactor 2 and every title and rFpro simulator that spawned from ISI’s engine.
This interview with RSC details his early life and career, through to him joining iRacing in 2021.
RSC contains a database of 153 developers, 467 software titles, 374 cars, 42 bikes, 242 tracks and more...Originally working in military simulator design, this Michigan-based studio developed Zone Raiders for Virgin Interactive before moving to Electronic Arts for publishing their second PC title, Sports Car GT, when Westwood Studios (their SCGT development partner) was acquired by the software giant.
Known primarily for their mod-friendly SCGT and rFactor racing platforms, ISI also developed Formula One and NASCAR titles on PC for Electronic Arts, but perhaps their lasting contribution to the genre was the licensing of the isiMotor engine that allowed studios such as 2Pez, Blimey! Games, KW Studios, Motorsport Games, Reiza Studios, SIMBIN Studios, Slightly Mad Studios, The Sim Factory, Tiburon and rFactor 2‘s ongoing developer Studio 397 to begin with or release on an evolution of their software.
Another fork of the isiMotor engine, rFpro, continues to be developed and is used by a wide array of automotive companies for both road and motorsport simulation.
RSC Podcast Episode 7 – Management Simulations, F1 Managers, Always Used To Be Better?Join Jon Denton, Tim Wheatley, Simon Croft and guest(s) as they discuss sim racing and racing games past, present and future.
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Kylotonn have today deployed the first PC update for WRC Generations, including a number of fixes for reported issues along with implementing NVIDIA’s DLSS 3.
Patch Notes:
Nvidia
Nvidia DLSS3 integrated
Fixed several issues with Nvidia DLSS2Catalogue
Fixed wrong car displayed in vitrine-showroom if the user doesn’t have the DLC
Career Mode
Fixed sponsors objectives won’t trigger anymore in shakedowns
Crash fixed in PaceNoteManager when trying to go to next pacenoteLeagues
Solo league hub ranking display fixed
Compute number of players/teams going down in leaguesTeams
Fixed league history period number
Tutorial
Fix female audio pacenotes during onboarding tuto
Others
Game credit update
Fixed rendering mode not applying when the you changed it
Mute all meaningless sounds during the loading
Fixed an issue with slider options related to pad vibration
Fixed a penalty issue on starting race too early after countdown
Fixed an issue related to waiting for terrain loading when we start a custom race
Fixed an incorrect texture on drivercards
